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15	->'''Miss Fisher:''' I gave chase and he took a shot at me, so I did the only thing I could in the circumstances.\
16	'''Inspector Robinson:''' ...you called for help?\
17	'''Miss Fisher:''' I stabbed him in the shoulder!
18	-->-- ''Series/MissFishersMurderMysteries''
19	{{Action Girl}}s on the small screen.
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21	* ''Series/The100'':
22	** Most Grounder women we meet (Anya, Indra, and Lexa) are certified badasses, whether using weapons, fighting hand-to-hand, or commanding armies.
23	** Among the Sky People, Clarke and Octavia start off as TheMedic and a GirlyGirl, respectively, but quickly evolve into {{Action Girl}}s in order to survive on the Ground. Clarke, being an AllLovingHero, is actually disturbed by how good she gets at inflicting violence. By Season 3, Clark's badassery has gotten her the Grounder nickname ''Wanheda''. It means "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Commander of Death]]".
24	* ''Series/TwentyFour'': Renee Walker, who is so badass she earned the fan nickname "Jill Bauer." Ladies like Nina Myers and Michelle Dessler are no slouch either, and BadassBookworm Chloe O'Brian will unload some M-16 action on your ass if you push her far enough. It's also worth noting that even Jack Bauer's daughter Kim, the former Trope Namer for "DamselScrappy," once won a fight with her psychotic employer by smashing him in the face with a crowbar, and also once fought off seasoned Balkan warlords with ''a pot of hot coffee''. Did we mention this was a WorldOfBadass?
25	%%%* ''Series/AceLightning'''s spunky sidekick Sparx. The name is apt.
26	* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSlimGoodbody'': Agent B-12 is about as close as a non-violent puppet show can get to this. She's certainly not afraid to get into close quarters with villains to do a DramaticUnmask on them.
27	* ''Series/{{Alias}}'': The protagonist Sydney Bristow. Also Irina Derevko, Lauren Reed, Nadia Santos, Rachel Gibson, Anna Espinosa, Allison Dorren, Katya Derevko, and Elena Derevko. It's a show about CIA spies, such can be expected.
28	* ''Series/{{Andor}}'': Vel and Cinta (a BattleCouple too it turns out) both prove themselves quite capable as commandos during the Aldhani raid, first sneaking into the base from the water, then scaling up to join their male comrades. The raid shows them as, if anything, more aggressive in threatening Imperials or shooting as well.
29	%%* ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'': Beka Valentine and Romi.
30	* ''Series/AngieTribeca'': The first time we see Angie, she's working out in her room from a punching bag to smashing her furniture and balloons, chin-ups in the shower, and punching dents in her refrigerator door. Played for laughs, as the entire show is a {{Parody}} of police procedurals.
31	* ''Series/{{Angel}}'':
32	** Cordelia becomes a rather effective one. In ''Buffy'', she is not one, leaning more towards ActionSurvivor.
33	** Kate can go toe-to-toe with vampires.
34	** Fred is an effective fighter in hand-to-hand and weapon combat, having been a survivor in Pylea for five years and being trained by Angel after that. She's still the weakest of the Fang Gang in a fight but she's definitely good.
35	** Illyria is the peak of this trope, being a former PhysicalGod who's leagues above even Angel and Spike in terms of power and skill.
36	* ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'': Cathy Gale from this 1960s action/spy show was arguably TV's first ActionGirl. She replaced former star Creator/IanHendry and there were reportedly no changes in the early scripts, so that she was effectively playing a "male" character. She was later replaced with the equally tough Emma Peel, who became the series's iconic female character. Both of them occasionally needed to be saved by male colleague John Steed, but they saved him just as frequently.
37	* ''Series/{{Banshee}}'' has an abundance of them:
38	** Anna was an accomplished thief and martial artist but once she became Carrie she spent the next 15 years preparing and training for the time when Mr. Rabbit found her. She is MadeOfIron and verges on OneManArmy levels of competence and lethality.
39	*** She once had a fight scene that lasted for an entire episode. Verges on OneManArmy? She claims the title with ease.
40	** Nola Longshadow [[spoiler:is also making merits for OneManArmy status by getting the drop on Lucas and his crew and nearly taking them all out. She also effortlessly beats up three marines who are trying to assault Rebecca, and even gives ''Burton'' a run for his money in a one-on-one fight]].
41	** Deputy Siobhan Kelly [[spoiler:single-handedly beats the crap out of her abusive ex-husband]].
42	** Veronica Dawson is an FBI agent who employs a methodology pretty similar to Hood's (punching things).
43	%%* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978'': Athena and Sheba from the original show.
44	* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'':
45	** Kara "Starbuck" Thrace from the reimagined show. Kara is perhaps ''the'' ActionGirl while in the cockpit of a Viper, but is no slouch in hand-to-hand or ranged infantry combat, either -- she's described as "the best shot in or out of the cockpit."
46	** In addition, the female humanoid Cylons - Number Six, Number Three and Number Eight - all exhibit superhuman strength, stamina, durability and a higher resistance to radiation than humans do, and all approach this trope more than once over the course of the series.
47	* ''{{Series/Beforeigners}}'':
48	** It's a show about Norse people arriving in the present day, ''of course'' there are shieldmaidens. Alfhildr and Urd are the most prominent of them.
49	** [[spoiler:Trine "Ada" Syversen, the trans-temporal secret agent]] is revealed later in the series.
50	* Main character Lisa from ''Series/BeyondTheWalls'' is the driving force of the plot. She is proactive, brave and not afraid to deal with her own shortcomings, but never lets them sway her from her goal for long. Being a [[BadassNormal normal]] woman doesn't keep her from kicking quasi-zombie butt, either.
51	* ''Series/BigWolfOnCampus'': Lori the [[KickChick kick-boxer]], introduced in the second season.
52	* ''[[Series/BlackAndWhiteTW Black and White]]'': Chen Lin from this TaiwaneseSeries. As the only daughter of a triad boss, she shoots and martial arts with the boys ''and wins''.
53	* ''Series/{{Blindspot}}'' has the main protagonist, Jane Doe, as the female version of [[Film/TheBourneSeries Jason Bourne]]. Despite being amnesiac like Bourne is, she has exceptional hand-to-hand combat skills and marksmanship.
54	* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': Temperance Brennan. Trained in martial arts, and goes hunting. Just for food though.
55	* ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'':
56	** Fennec Shand's a woman who's a highly skilled assassin and can take down multiple opponents with ease.
57	** Drash is skilled at riding her swoop to stop an escaping landspeeder, and also proficient in shooting blasters.
58	* ''Series/DasBoot2018'': Carla Monroe, an American woman fighting with the French Resistance and veteran of the Spanish Civil War (she had fled to France after it was lost).
59	* ''Series/TheBoys2019'' has several such as Starlight with her [[LightEmUp light powers]], Queen Mauve (who’s a WonderWomanWannabe), Kimiko aka The Female a LightningBruiser who fights several Supes and Season 2 has Stormfront who gives even Homelander an actual fight. [[spoiler: ActionSurvivor Becca isn’t too shabby either, as she stabs Stormfront [[EyeScream in the eye]].]]
60	* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': The normally sweet and innocent Linda is capable of leaving her senses and transforming into a militant badass whenever required. Examples include a SWAT uniform complete with shotgun when an ostrich runs rampant in the centre, and organizing a radical animal rights group full of hippies in protest of Gordon's swimming with dolphins initiative. She even keeps Tim Whistler hostage inside a chicken coop as a bargaining chip.
61	* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': Being detectives in the NYPD, most of the women in the cast know how to handle themselves in a scrap. Rosa Diaz takes the cake though -- she can easily take down people twice her size, owns an impressive arsenal of weapons, and has a DeathGlare that can cow most perps (and most of her colleagues).
62	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
63	** Buffy herself, from the very beginning. Creator/JossWhedon explained that besides the pure [[FeministFantasy female-empowerment angle]], he wanted to take the opening of virtually every horror movie ever made and [[InvertedTrope turn it on its head]]; normally, [[DarknessEqualsDeath the pretty blond girl walks into the dark alley, the monster goes in after, and the girl dies]]. Here, the girl rips the monster a new one. Naturally, the movie features such a scene (involving several vampires, but also a telling-off for Buffy for being an idiot). In the pilot episode of the show, she walks into a dark alley and clobbers Angel from above. And in the very first scene of the show, Darla chows down on a creeper while wearing a schoolgirl outfit in a dark and abandoned school.
64	** Willow (in later seasons) is also one. Anyone who manages to inflict pain on a ''goddess'' deserves this title.
65	** Anya is one, with hints of MagicKnight, being more than competent in magic as well.
66	** We also get Faith, Kendra, Kennedy, and all the Potential Slayers.
67	* ''Series/BurnNotice'': You really don't want to get on the bad side of Fiona Glenanne. Though we may have to create the faux girly girl for her as her action girl status is apparent only in action, her demeanor and clothes are definitely girly, so that a new viewer who has also missed the trigger happy ex-girlfriend bit in the title sequence might a bit surprised to see her in kicking ass mode.
68	* ''Series/CharliesAngels'': The leading ladies (originally Creator/KateJackson, Creator/FarrahFawcett, and Creator/JaclynSmith) were some of the {{Trope Codifier}}s. And they each did their jobs ''very'' well.
69	* ''Series/Charmed1998'': All of the sisters. At first Prue was the only one with an offensive power, making the dynamic unbalanced though Phoebe also knew martial arts. Then Phoebe learned to levitate and Piper learned to make things explode and combined with their potions and spells, the sisters are a force to be reckoned with. Then the show later adds Paige and Billie. All four Halliwell sisters (including [[DeathByOriginStory Prue]]), although [[LateToTheParty Paige]] was just as likely to be a FauxActionGirl in her earlier appearances due to lack of experience. [[SixthRanger Billie]] and [[DarkActionGirl Christy]] also qualify.
70	* ''Series/ClassOf09'': Poet, Hour and Drew, along with the supporting female FBI agents, are naturally well trained in fighting skills. However, overall Poet is the one to show her stuff in the field most.
71	%%* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': Sarah Walker as well as numerous female guest characters.
72	* ''Series/{{Condor}}'': Joubert is a ruthless, very adept hitwoman.
73	* ''Series/{{Creepshow}}'': In "[[Recap/CreepshowS3E8MeterReader Meter Reader]]" Theresa, despite only being a teenager, has become highly skilled at killing demons, having learned from her father. She takes down two in the film, never hesitating even though they possessed her mom and brother. At the end, she continues her father's work hunting them down full time.
74	* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': All the female BAU agents, except Garcia, who as the technical analyst is the only team member who can't hold her own in a fight.
75	* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': Stella Bonasera. She's always in the thick of things, most notably when she, Mac and Sheldon are defending the lab from the gang of drug dealers who stormed the place in "Snow Day." (Also shot and killed her own boyfriend after he turned into a murderous StalkerWithACrush.)
76	* ''Series/Cursed2020'':
77	** Nimue wields the Sword of Power effectively to fight Red Paladins, along with using magic on them.
78	** Iris, a violent bigot, can use a bow quite well, [[spoiler:downing Nimue with her arrows in the series finale]].
79	** The Red Spear, a female viking warrior, is the leader of a male raiding crew she leads to battle.
80	* ''Series/DarkAngel'': Max is a SuperSoldier genetically engineered to fight and has SuperStrength, with extensive martial arts training. She beats up opponents frequently, [[PintSizedPowerhouse despite having a short, silm build]]. All of the other female super soldiers naturally also qualify, with some besting Max in a fight.
81	* ''Series/DarkMatter2015'': Two establishes herself as a bonafide badass in the very first scene of the show by kicking One’s ass with ease. She's also the ''de facto'' captain of the ship, both before and after everyone's memories were wiped at the beginning of the series.
82	* ''Series/DarkWinds'': Bernadette Manuelito is one of Leaphorn's officers. She's equally tough as him and Chee, her male colleagues, coming to rescue them when they get in a fix during Season 1. Manuelito uses her gun very skillfully on the show.
83	* ''Series/DeadlyClass'': The female characters are mainly skilled, trained fighters. Given they're students or teachers at an assassins school or gangsters, it makes sense.
84	* ''Series/{{Decoy}}'': Despite her feminine appearance, Casey Jones is strong enough to strangle a man, as she demonstrates in the first episode.
85	* ''Series/{{Deputy}}'': The LA County Sheriff's Department includes multiple female deputies. Charlie Minnick is the most prominent, serving as Joseph's training officer. Bishop appears to be one too before coming out as nonbinary.
86	* ''Series/DoctorWho'' has several:
87	** Ace, who inspired the ''entire concept'' of the [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment of Awesome]] after she beat the crap out of a Dalek with a ''baseball bat''. Never without her trusty [[StuffBlowingUp Nitro-9]], she also shot a Dalek in the face with a ''rocket launcher''.
88	--->'''Ace:''' I aimed for the eyestalk.
89	** Barbara Wright, one of the original companions! When she's not smashing {{Mind Rap\|e}}ist brains (it's more awesome in context) or destroying planet-engulfing entities, she's mowing down Daleks with an ancient truck.
90	** Sarah Jane Smith told off brutish middle-ages jerks, faced a Sontaran without flinching, helped a king and queen organize a revolution, ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext captured the Doctor]]'', and later rescued the Doctor. And that was just in her first episode. To say nothing of the next three-and-a-half seasons.......and her own [[Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures spin-off]].
91	** Despite what some [[SmallReferencePools newspapers may claim]], Leela, who killed a Sontaran by throwing a knife into his vent from across a room.
92	** Companions Martha Jones and Rose Tyler have been seen lugging around some rather impressive guns for facing aliens.
93	** Jenny, the title character of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E6TheDoctorsDaughter "The Doctor's Daughter"]], came out of the progenation machine with fighting skills. ''And'' she's a Time Lady, for that added advantage.
94	** In series 5, River Song managed to [[spoiler:fly out an airlock into the TARDIS, put her hallucinogenic lipstick to good use, and killed a Dalek in cold blood]]. Then in series 6, she [[spoiler:jumped from a skyscraper into the TARDIS swimming pool, and later took out several Silents by herself while still finding time to tell the Doctor off for being in the way]].
95	*** She's had so many scenes kicking ass in series 6, she's earned the nickname "River ''fucking'' Song" in some internet circles.
96	** Amy Pond has her moments. Like fighting pirates with a sword. Or going into full battle mode against a group of robots. With a sword.
97	*** She also saved her husband with a machine gun.
98	*** And she fought velociraptors side-by-side with a GreatWhiteHunter.
99	** Madame Vastra and Jenny, of course. In spades. And with swords. After all, they're a Silurian-human {{interspecies\|Romance}} couple fighting crime in VictorianLondon.
100	** The Doctor [[GenderBender becomes this]] in his/her 13th regeneration. Prior to this, The Master became a DarkActionGirl Missy.
101	* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'': Echo, Sierra, and November will use this trope depending on the imprint. Echo will become one no matter ''what'' imprint you put in her.
102	* ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'': Believe it or not, Daisy Duke was highly competent despite not being remembered as such. She could wield a gun just as well as the boys, went on missions with them in many occasions, and even once whipped out a bazooka and earned verse the title "Sharpshooter of the Week".
103	* ''Series/Echo2024'': Maya is a very skilled fighter who's moved from DarkActionGirl to this over the series. It's also revealed several of her female ancestors were these too, such as a long-ago star athlete then a more recent police officer in the 1800s. [[spoiler:She also briefly empowers her grandmother and her cousin Bonnie with her abilities, with her ancestors also spiritually assisting Maya.]]
104	* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': Aeryn Sun. The other women on the show are no slouches (except Jool, and even she gets better in The Peacekeeper Wars) in a fight, either. Even Zhaan gets some combat ability. But none of them are highly-trained soldiers who show themselves consistently able to make the hard call.
105	* ''Series/LaFemmeNikita'': The eponymous heroine, both movie and series. This is also true for the lead of the 2010 television remake ''Series/{{Nikita}}'', backed up by her protege [[TheMole Alex]] who also does quite well for herself in this department. It's something one might expect from a show exclusively about government assassins.
106	* ''Series/{{Firefly}}:''
107	** [[TheStoic Zoe]] is a trained soldier, and one of the crew's main combatants. She also occasionally displays ImprobableAimingSkills.
108	** [[CloudCuckoolander River]] is normally the DamselInDistress, due to her unstable mental health. [[LetsGetDangerous Then she gets angry.]] From what we've seen, she appears to be literally ''unstoppable'' when she wants to be.
109	** [[DarkActionGirl "YoSaffBridge"]] prefers to play the role of the FemmeFatale, but is also a formidable martial artist, and knows her way around a gun.
110	* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'': Olivia Dunham is so adept with her fists, feet, gun, and cunning that for most instances her buried Cortexiphan powers are beside the point.
111	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Cultures throughout the world see women of action in a variety of lights, from acceptance to scorn.
112	** Arya Stark practices swordplay and looks up to fellow action girls from Westerosi history, such as Visenya Targaryen, sister of Aegon the Conqueror, who rode dragons into battle and subdued whole kingdoms, and Nymeria, Warrior Queen of the Rhoynar (after whom she names her direwolf). Her kill count grows higher and higher every season. As of the end of Season 6, she's responsible for 11 deaths. In season 1, she impales a stable boy coming at her (Season 1) and then, starting in season 3, she begins purposefully killing: first, a Frey soldier (season 3), a Lannister soldier, Polliver, Rorge (season 4), Ghita, Ser Meryn Trant (season 5), the Waif, "Black" Walder Rivers, Lothar Frey and Walder Frey (season 6). This gets extended in Season 7 to the entire male Frey line and Littlefinger, followed in Season 8 [[spoiler:with her killing the Night King and, by extension, the entire Army of the Dead]].
113	** Brienne of Tarth is a large and strong woman whose one want in life is to be a knight. She has dealt her entire life with the scorn of others for her choice of a non-traditional role. She's introduced kicking the ass of Loras Tyrell, renowned badass. Even Renly applauds her for her skill as a warrior.
114	** Yara Greyjoy. After her older brothers were killed in battle and her younger brother taken hostage, she was the only child of the Greyjoy line left and took on the role her eldest brother would have served at her father's side. She commands her late brother's ship and is about the equivalent to an admiral in the Greyjoy fleet, and she has killed already.
115	** Wildling spearwives such as Ygritte and Osha are just as welcome to take part in warbands as men and can even become respected chieftains like Karsi. Osha goes up against Robb Stark and says she's used to taking care of herself around rougher men than Theon and that anyone living north of the Wall has to be tough as nails to survive.
116	** Meera Reed is skilled with weapons and acts as her brother Jojen's protector, seeming to be the reason why he has survived in the North, which has become a rather dangerous place since the war started. She is introduced by getting the drop on Osha, which is no easy task.
117	** Nymeria gives Joffrey a good thrashing.
118	** While not a full AmazonBrigade, the Mormonts do train their female members (like Maege and her daughter Lyanna) to be just as much warriors as their men. It comes from living on a remote island where the men are out at sea most of the day on fishing boats to get basic sustenance; the women left behind on land had to be capable of defending themselves from attacks by the Ironborn longships and Wildling boats.
119	* ''Series/GangRelated'': Vee's quite skilled in using firearms, whether automatic or not, being an ICE agent. Additionally, she's the sniper of her unit.
120	%%* ''Series/{{Garo}}'' : Most Makai Priestess are this by default.
121	%%* ''Series/GetSmart'': Agent 99.
122	%%* ''Series/HenryDanger'': Averted with Charlotte. She even stated in "Kid Grounded" that she doesn't want to be the sidekick, though she does have the skills.
123	* ''Series/{{Hex}}'': Ella Dee. On the rare occasions when the heroes actually achieve anything, it usually involves her doing violence to somebody. Including throttling a priest (who was actually a demon) while wearing a truly terrifying expression.
124	* ''Series/{{Himmelsdalen}}'': Helena and Siri were both pushed to learn self-defense skills by their father, rather than traditional feminine things such as ballet. So they learned aikido instead. It serves Helena in good stead at the sanatorium where Siri traps her: she's forced to fight for survival.
125	* ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'':
126	** Howard. Though the series generally focused on the detectives having intellectual duels with their opponents, the few times she got physical Howard quite handily kicked ass.
127	** Russert, being in an administrative position for most of the series, had even less opportunity to show off, but she proves to be one when she goes out in the field in "All Through the House" and single-handedly disarms a shotgun-wielding opponent without drawing her firearm.
128	* Dee Dee [=McCall=] in the 80's CopShow ''Series/Hunter1984'' was just as physically capable and useful in a fight as her male colleagues.
129	* In ''Series/IZombie'', Liv eats the brain of a former gang member and finds out she's a martial arts pro. Needless to say, these skills come in handy by the end of the episode. She also jumped on the top of a moving car while getting shot at to catch a murderer. And then there's [[GameFace Full On Zombie Mode...]]
130	* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': Although the SemperFi MsFanservice Sarah “Mac” [=MacKenzie=] primarily stayed in the courtroom, whenever a situation calling for an action girl to arise, Mac would answer the call.
131	%%* ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' has the titular character herself.
132	* Bellestar, Series/TheKagestar's partner in fighting crime, possesses the same [[CastingAShadow shadow abilities]] he does and is shown to be just as strong as him. Notably, in an episode where she's {{Mind Controlled}} into fighting Kagestar, the two are shown to be evenly matched (granted Kagestar was trying not to hurt her, but she still kept him on the ropes).
133	* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' would have female examples of becoming the titular characters, not just limited to males. Most of the females who have become Kamen Riders are treated as a DisposableWoman where they are doomed to die, [[CollateralAngst usually for cheap drama]].
134	** Miho Kirishima from ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' is the first female Kamen Rider. A con-artist who seduced men for money, she joined the war for the same reason as Ren: to save the life of a loved one. Sure, she's the only female rider in her series, but she's shown to be capable of kicking much ass as the guys with her CoolSword.
135	** Natsumi Miwa from ''Series/KamenRiderBlade''. Sure, she only gets to be Kamen Rider Larc in the movie, ''Missing Ace'' and died like her predecessors, Yuriko and Miho, but she has proven herself to be capable of kicking much ass as the guys with her crossbow.
136	** Nadeshiko Misaki in ''Series/KamenRiderFourze''. A mysterious female transfer student who literally falls from the sky and into Gentaro's arms, she possesses a blue version of the Fourze Driver and can transform into Kamen Rider Nadeshiko.
137	** Nico Saiba in ''Series/KamenRiderExAid''. She's a gamer girl who transforms into a customized version of the Ride Player.
138	** Yua Yaiba in ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'' is the first main female rider in the franchise who is introduced at the beginning of her series and fights in the battlefield frequently as her male teammates and the first female rider to have alternate rider forms, which is contrast to the female riders in Heisei era who are movie exclusive riders or introduced later in their respective shows
139	** Reika Shindai in ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'', after she picks up the [[TransformationTrinket Eneiken Noroshi]] and takes to the field as Kamen Rider Sabela. Notably, she even [[spoiler:impales Diago, a [[EliteFour Lord of Wise]] and one of the four most skilled swordsmen in the show, ''while untransformed!'' [[KnightTemplarLittleSister All to protect her big brother]]]].
140	** Sakura Igarashi in ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'' was a skilled martial artist even before she got a Driver. After she becomes Kamen Rider Jeanne however, she becomes just as strong as her two Rider brothers, able to take on and defeat a [[MonsterOfTheWeek Deadman]] and a horde of [[{{Mooks}} Giff Juniors]] all by herself.
141	* ''Series/{{Kikaider}} 01'' has Bijinder, a female android and one of the most capable fighters in the show. There are even multiple instances where she shows up to save [[TheHero 01]].
142	* ''Series/{{Killjoys}}'': Dutch is the leader of the titular crew of space bounty hunters, but she also happens to be the deadliest and most badass of them all.
143	* ''Series/TheKingsWoman'': Gongsun Li and Ge Lan. Both are more than capable of defending themselves, [[ImprovisedWeapon sometimes without actual weapons.]] Gongsun Li even fights a duel while [[PregnantBadass pregnant]].
144	%%* ''Series/{{Knightmare}}'': Velda the Elf and Gundrada, at least as much as possible within the confines of a kids show.
145	* ''Series/KrodMandoonAndTheFlamingSwordOfFire'': Aneka, who is a highly competent swordswoman and second only to Kröd himself, if that-he calls her their MVP at one point.
146	* ''Series/LAsFinest'': Syd and Nancy, being police detectives, are well-trained in using guns or unarmed combat. Nancy also served in the Navy prior to joining the LAPD.
147	* ''Series/TheLawAccordingToLidiaPoet'': Not most of the time, but in 1x6 Lidia knocks out a drunk man who's cornered her, jumps on a train in motion and holds people at gunpoint without hesitation.
148	%%* ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'': Alex Eames. Compared to Goren, at least, she is much more ass-kicky.
149	* ''Series/LawAndOrderOrganizedCrime'': Most of the female characters are cops or criminals, so naturally they are mostly quite capable. In one episode, Stabler has a hit put out against him with the assassin turning out to be a woman who's a former soldier, nearly taking him down in spite of his greater size and strength via her martial art skills.
150	* ''Series/TheLazarusProject'':
151	** Archie is the most prominent female Lazarus operative who works in the field. She's quite good with a gun. Before joining Lazarus, she'd been with MI-5.
152	** Janet previously had been with Lazarus as well, and is still skilled in combat while less active, caring for her daughter after leaving.
153	* ''Series/TheLetterPeople'': Miss E's name refers to Exercise, and she's stated to be one of the strongest Letter People alongside FlyingBrick Mister S.
154	* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'': While they aren't the main fighters, [[ClassyCatBurglar Parker]] and [[ConArtist Sophie]] have both had their extremely kick-ass moments: Parker fighting arms dealers in Serbia and Sophie knocking out goons with a fire extinguisher. They are also extremely, extremely competent in their own fields.
155	* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': After the torture and murder of her brother Finrod at the hands of the forces of Sauron, [[WarriorPrincess Galadriel]] makes it her mission to put an end to Sauron's evil in Middle-earth, something that over the centuries hardens her into a fierce and highly skilled warrior and results in her becoming the Commander of High-King Gil-galad's Northern Armies. Early on in the first episode, she establishes her combat credentials when she makes short work of a rampaging snow troll who was wiping the floor with her squad of elite elven soldiers. She later shows her [[MasterSwordswoman incredible sword fighting skills]] by taking on multiple Numenorean army recruits at once and beating them all without even so much as breaking a sweat.
156	%%* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': Juliet. Website/TelevisionWithoutPity calls her a ninja. Kate, Ana-Lucia, Rousseau, Charlotte (who rarely got to show it off), and Ilana (who took out Sayid, one of the biggest badasses on the show) as well.
157	%%** We got an unlikely action girl in the form of Claire in the final season, too.
158	* ''Series/LostGirl'': [[EmpoweredBadassNormal Bo]] and [[BadassNormal Kenzi]] have both held their own in fights.
159	* ''Series/LostLoveInTimes'': Duo Xia. Among her other feats, she challenges Yuan Ling to a duel and holds her own against him for a long time.
160	* ''Series/LovecraftCountry'': Leti. In the first episode alone she outraces armed racists, then outruns monsters through the forest before running one down with the car.
161	--> My name is Leticia fucking Lewis!
162	* ''Series/MajisukaGakuen'': Any female character that can''not'' fight is a rare exception in this Japanese series.
163	* ''Series/TheMandalorian'':
164	** Carasynthia Dune a former Rebel shock trooper (played by the [[UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts MMA fighter]] Creator/GinaCarano) who in the first scene equals the titular Mando in a fistfight and follows it up by bringing down AT-ST to protect a peaceful village from invaders. Next time we see Dune she beats a Zabrak (Darth Maul's race) in a barroom and in the FinalBattle wields a {{BFG}} to mow down an army of imperials.
165	** Chapter 5: "The Gunslinger" has Fennec Shanda (played by Creator/MingNaWen the voice of ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'') who is a highly dangerous female ColdSniper assassin who works for the galaxy's top crime syndicates and effortlessly curb stomps EagerRookie Toro Calican before Mando holds her at gunpoint. [[spoiler: Shanda almost escapes by trying an EnemyMine with Calican against Mando, but Calican shoots her knowing full well he'd be dead if he uncuffed her. Fennec returns alive in Chapter 13: “The Tragedy” having been saved by Boba Fett, and kicks even more ass, at one point ''dislodging a bolder'' which crushes a dozen Stormtroopers before pulling a HeelFaceTurn to aid Mando.]]
166	** Chapter 6: "The Sin" has Xi'an a psychotic [[GreenSkinnedSpacebabe Twi'lek]] who’s proficient in knives, at one point killing an alliance officer with one toss to the neck. [[spoiler: She get soundly defeated by the eponymous Mandalorian however.]]
167	** In Chapter 8: “Redemption" we discover The Armorer (a female Mandalorian) has very strong ActionGirl credentials as she is surrounded by a troop of five Stormtroopers and utterly destroys them with nothing but her tools.
168	** In Chapter 11: “The Heiress” we are (re)introduced to [[spoiler: Bo-Katan Kryze played and [[WesternAnimation/TheCloneWars previously voiced]] by ''[[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 Battlestar]]''’s [[Creator/KateeSackhoff Starbuck]] as well as fellow Mandalorian warrioress Koska Reeves. As to be expected they’re both DualWielding GunFu badasses who are quick with a vibroknife, effortlessly [[MookHorrorShow tearing through]] an Imperial ship alongside their male brethren]].
169	** Chapter 12: “The Jedi” reintroduces Ashoka Tano (played by Creator/RosarioDawson) who is just as much a [[OneManArmy One-Woman Army]] in live action as [[WesternAnimation/TheCloneWars she was]] [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels in CGI]]. The same episode has Imperial Magistrate Morgan Elsbeth who despite not being sensitive in the Force, actually gives Ashoka a [[DesignatedGirlFight helluva fight]] with her Beskar spear, even managing to knock one of her lightsabers out of her hand.
170	* ''Series/MastersOfHorror'': In the episode "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road", Ellen was trained by her survivalist husband to be prepared for anything. She proves to the psycho killer Moonface that she's not the easiest prey [[spoiler:and ends up killing him in a one on one fight]].
171	* ''Series/TheMentalist'': Teresa Lisbon, who has ''tasered'' suspects while [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan snarking]] them.
172	* ''Series/MetalHeroes'' series often feature a female sidekick to the main protagonist who can kick just as much ass as they do.
173	** Annie in ''Series/SpaceSheriffShaider'' became this as a result of RealLifeWritesThePlot. Instead of casting a JAC stuntman to play the lead as with ''[[Series/SpaceSheriffGavan Gavan]]'' and ''[[Series/SpaceSheriffSharivan Sharivan]]'', the producers chose a pretty boy model instead in an effort to boost ratings. This meant that Annie, who was played by a stuntwoman, got to perform most of the out-of-suit action and fighting that had been one of the main draws of the previous two shows.
174	** ''Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban'' has Diana, Spielban's CuteBruiser partner who guards his rear while the two are in combat. Helen later becomes one as well and gains a PoweredArmor identical to Diana's after joining up with them.
175	** ''Series/SekaiNinjaSenJiraiya'' has Emiha and Reiha, both of whom are capable ninjas and fighters. The latter is due to her being an experienced Interpol investigator and the former is because she has [[CoolOldGuy Tetsuzan]] as a father.
176	** ''Series/BlueSWAT'' has Sarah, a former LAPD officer whose capable in both hand-to-hand combat and with a gun. Notably, when the team goes out to spar in an episode, she's able to take on Show ''and'' Sig and manhandle both of them.
177	%%* ''Series/TheMiddleman'': Wendy Watson.
178	* ''Series/MidnightSun2016'': Kahina is quite adept with a gun or her hands, overpowering a larger man quite easily at one point (she's a trained police detective), though things don't always go her way.
179	* ''Series/MiracleWorkers'':
180	** ''[[Series/MiracleWorkersOregonTrail Oregon Trail]]'': Sheila, a female Blackfoot warrior, who's the fiercest among her band.
181	** ''[[Series/MiracleWorkersEndTimes End Times]]: Freya Exaltada was a fearsome warlord (warlady?) in the wasteland who shook down people to get necessary resources and killed anyone who defied her. She mellows however on getting married to Sid.
182	* Both Tabby and Vanka In ''Series/MonsterWarriors''. Tabby is the team's WrenchWench and [[MacGyvering macgyers together the weapons]] the team uses to fight the monsters, while Vanka is a kickass martial artist and the one most likely to end up going toe-to-toe against the MonsterOfTheWeek.
183	* ''Series/TheMurders'': Kate, as a trained police detective, displays her skill with a gun or in unarmed combat on multiple occasions.
184	* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'':
185	** Ziva David, [[BadassIsraeli a Mossad officer trained as an assassin.]] She's responsible for some impressive takedowns, such as stopping the steroid-fueled UnstoppableRage of a Marine who'd thrown off [=McGee=], Tony, and Gibbs in "Corporal Punishment", and temporarily holding off four Marines at once in "Cloak".
186	** While not as good of a fighter as Ziva, Kate was still as capable as the men of apprehending criminals. Even Abby stops a perpetrator in one episode (with tasers).
187	* ''Series/TheNevers'': Amalia, Maladie and Bonfire Annie are all quite capable fighters, using their bodies, mundane weapons or superpowers.
188	* ''Series/TheNightAgent'': Chelsea Arrington, who's a Secret Service agent, shows her skills off while fighting Ellen at the depot.
189	* Chinese political drama ''Series/NirvanaInFire'' is a {{Wuxia}} with plenty of fighting, so pretty much every woman without children is fully martial arts capable.
190	* ''Series/NUMB3RS'': Megan Reeves. Not only does she have the firearm proficiency expected of an FBI agent, but she also has a black belt in Krav Maga. As she remarks to Colby, "If you're going to be arresting people [[UsefulNotes/AmericanCustomaryMeasurements a hundred pounds]] heavier than you, you'll need to learn some hobbies."
191	* ''Series/OctoberFaction'':
192	** Deloris is skilled at combat, often using a baton. As one ([[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome unseen]]) example, she once managed to take on multiple bikers at the same time and got away.
193	** Gina Fernandez is the female sheriff of Barrington-on-Hudson, and though she doesn't get into too much action is still trained to use firearms.
194	* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Emma Swan, Regina, Snow White, [[LittleRedFightingHood Red]], and Mulan. In this show, just about every female character becomes either an Action Girl or DarkActionGirl because this show doesn't believe in [[DamselInDistress damsels in distress]].
195	* ''Series/TheOutpost'':
196	** The main character Talon is a superb fighter, with swords, knives and her bare hands.
197	** Other female Blackbloods like Rebb and Nedra also show great combat skills.
198	** Luna trained in Grinjorian, a rare form of martial arts that Talon is adept in. Even as a youngster, she was much better at fighting and less keen on becoming a member of the sanctuary.
199	* ''Series/PaperGirls'': Prioress, a tough member of the Old Watch, hunts down the girls. They too are skilled for their age, at least in running, hiding or thwarting pursuers. Mac even has a gun early on (though this [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace ends badly]]).
200	* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'': Sameen (Sam) Shaw destroys everyone she goes up against. Her [[WaifFu Waif-Fu]] is powerful, but is equally [[GirlsWithGuns good with guns]], and grins when she can take a sniper assignment. Has recently taken to driving getaway for robbery crews because she was bored. Even more deadly in [[CuteBruiser evening wear and heels]], and DO NOT ever be [[SheFu trapped in an elevator]] with her.
201	* Kate Warne from ''Series/ThePinkertons'' is the agency's first female detective. She prefers brains over brawn, but she can shoot or fight when she needs to.
202	* ''Series/PoliceWoman'': Vice detective Pepper Anderson was an early (mid-1970s) example of a female police officer doing the same work as her male colleagues (and not just staying out of action).
203	* ''Series/ThePower2023'': Roxy is the most action-oriented of the female characters starting out, as a tough young woman who's a tomboy Cockney with a mob boss as her father. She is the most prone to use violence, even without the skein, while even starting an online tutorial teaching other women in doing martial arts.
204	* In the ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' franchise, pretty much any female Power Ranger is this by default as part of the job description. However, there are some who take the trope to an especially impressive level:
205	** Jen from ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'' is probably the best example. When ''not'' wearing the [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman shiny Ranger suit]], she'll [[{{Tsundere}} clobber]] poor Wes in sparring sessions (and once for ''real'' while BrainwashedAndCrazy) and wields a sniper rifle. (Wes isn't a NonActionGuy, he just isn't police trained.)
206	*** Katie from the same season might get less focus, but she's also impressively badass.
207	** Taylor and Alyssa in ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce''. The former used to be in the Air Force and the latter is HeirToTheDojo.
208	** Cassie and Ashley from ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' spend the whole season taking part in a rescue mission for Zordon and, along with the male rangers, end up fighting [[ThePsychoRangers evil super-powered versions of themselves]].
209	** Trini and Kimberly from ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' are the original PR Action Girls. Later on, Trini is replaced by Aisha, who also does a solid job in her own right.
210	** Kira in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' may be the only girl on the team, but she more than makes up for it.
211	** Lilly in ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'' just like Tori and Kira she may be the only girl on the team, but she is still a tough badass fighter who can kick ass just like her male teammates.
212	** Shelby in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'' is a rare example of a rough and tumble Pink Ranger who's ready and willing to get her hands dirty. She may be the only girl on the team (initially), but she's plenty badass and can take out monsters all on her own.
213	*** Kendall eventually becomes the Purple Ranger, and when she gets in on the action, she's almost as impressive as Shelby.
214	** Tori from ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' is another example of being the only girl on the team, but she kicks enough ass that it doesn't really matter.
215	** Z and Sydney from ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'', along with their male teammates, are basically the Power Ranger versions of police officers.
216	** Vida and her sister, Madison from ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'', along with their male teammates, are basically the Power Ranger versions of wizards.
217	** The ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' franchise also has several. Tsuruhime from ''[[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger Kakuranger]]'', Remy from ''[[Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman Fiveman]]'', Luka from ''[[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Gokaiger]]'', Sakura from ''[[Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger Boukenger]]'', Mei from ''[[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyuranger]]'', Amy from ''[[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger Kyoryuger]]'', and Asuna from ''[[Series/KishiryuSentaiRyusoulger Ryusoulger]]'' are some of the better Sentai Action Girl examples. Some of the earlier female rangers from Sentai would fall into a [[FauxActionGirl much more unfortunate category]], but this lessened as the franchise went on. However, note that heroines as early as Akira from ''[[Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman Denziman]]'' kicks ass no less than her male teammates and has a good share of episodes with her as the [=MVP=].
218	* ''Series/{{Powers}}'' has several, from BadassNormal Deena, a cop who handles superhuman crime cases, to Retro Girl, a woman who's been a superhero for decades, to [[spoiler: Calista, who gets powers at the end of season 1]].
219	* ''Series/{{Primeval}}'': Abby Maitland is a zookeeper who knows how to kick-box, making her a perfect for a team that has to chase dinosaurs that walk through time anomalies into the present time. Jenny Lewis is also revealed to know how to use a gun despite dressing inappropriately for her line of work (justified as she almost never is in the thick of the action). Emily Merchant takes this trope [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]], what with being a knife fighter and all. Season 4, Episode 6 was pretty much an action-girl episode; not only did every female character on the show at the time do something deserving of this trope, Jenny returned as a single-episode guest, and pulled off one of the most iconic moments in the show.
220	* ''Series/PrincessAgents'': Almost every named female character either is one or becomes one. Chu Qiao's flashbacks show she was one even as a child. She becomes even more of one after training to be a spy.
221	* ''Series/PrincessSilver'': Rong Le was once an assassin, and she's a good enough fighter to defeat a large group of attackers.
222	%%* ''Series/QueenOfSwords'': Tessa is essentially a female version of Literature/{{Zorro}}.
223	%%* ''Series/RedCap'': Sergeant Jo [=McDonough=].
224	%%* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'': Maggie, Nora, and Charlie.
225	%%* ''Series/{{Roar}}'': Most of the women, particularly Catlin.
226	* In ''Series/RedDwarf'' Kristine Z. Kochanski reveals to be this in Season 7. Although the seeds of this were sown back in Season 6 Episode 1 where a Siren illusion depicted Kochanski as a Sarah Connor-esque gun toting badass. Other examples include female Simulants the Simulant Lieutenant from Season 6 and Crawford from Season 10.
227	* ''Series/TheRiseOfPhoenixes'': Zhi Wei fights a group of soldiers with her bare hands.
228	* ''Series/TheRising'': Neve was already athletic, racing on her motorbike competitively. After her death and her becoming a ghost, she's not shy in doing what she can physically to solve her murder as well, which includes riding on her motorbike to intercept or tail people.
229	* ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'': Maid Marian, also in ''Series/RobinHood'' (2006) and, of course, ''Series/MaidMarianAndHerMerryMen''.
230	** Also from 2006's ''Series/RobinHood'' is the Saracen Djaq, who doubled as the team medic. Sadly, both women have now been replaced with a FauxActionGirl named Kate.
231	** In ''Series/TheNewAdventuresOfRobinHood'', Marion was portrayed as a ''Series/{{Xena\|WarriorPrincess}}'' clone.
232	* ''Series/SeaPatrol'': Kate and Bomber hold their own in their fights and win a good number. Nikki rarely fights but never lets the side down. And Bird is too young and inexperienced to be good.
233	* ''Series/{{Search}}'': Ye-rim and Da-jeong are both soldiers and members of the search party.
234	%%* ''Series/TheSecretCircle'': Cassie, Diana, Faye and Melissa. All of them are engaged within the midst of all of the action on this show.
235	* ''Series/ShadowAndBone'':
236	** Though she starts off as a soldier, Alina's a mapmaker who doesn't display much fighting skill at first. Later though she gets trained in combat intensively.
237	** While not to the same degree as Inej, Zoya can keep up in a fight and has combat training in addition to her Squaller abilities.
238	** Inej is skilled at fighting with knives, and she's an acrobat too which helps her fight.
239	** Additionally, female Grisha soldiers are fairly common, and a couple display their considerable combat skills.
240	* ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'': Isabelle Lightwood, who combines a FemmeFatale aesthetic with being a highly skilled warrior.
241	%%* ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'': Teresa Moreno.
242	* ''Series/Sheena2000'': Sheena is very skilled in hand-to-hand combat and usually doesn't even need to resort to her {{Animorphism}} powers to kick some ass.
243	%%* ''{{Series/Sherlock}}'': Mary. Former CIA assassin.
244	* ''Series/TheShield'': Claudette rarely is forced to fight, but she proved very adept at it on the rare occasion she is. One notable instance had her take out a rapist with a single, well-placed [[GroinAttack punch to the groin.]]
245	* ''Series/SirArthurConanDoylesTheLostWorld'': JunglePrincess Veronica Layton, so very much. She easily defeats any enemy in a physical fight. Marguerite Krux isn't a physical fighter, but she knows how to wield a gun and a whip. And Finn is an expert survivalist.
246	* ''Franchise/StargateVerse'':
247	** ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': Teyla is easily mistaken for the self-effacing type until she comes after you with a P-90 or her trusty Bantos rods. She routinely kicks Sheppard's butt during their sparring sessions and is not afraid of making her point with a knife to the throat.
248	*** The unlucky fella who ended up with the last option was a Wraith. Yes, ''those'' Wraith.
249	** ''Series/StargateSG1'':
250	*** Samantha Carter prefers to be the [[BadassBookworm thinker]] of the gang, but when butt kicking is called for, ''she kicks butt''!
251	*** Vala can pull an action girl when she needs to, but normally she'd rather be devious and hide behind Daniel.
252	*** Actually she very obviously did the opposite once for Cam -- Cam's girlfriend looked terrified and hid behind him away from the big scary gun (for God's sake) and Vala just casually sauntered in the firing line and called the PsychoForHire a coward. He didn't really manage to recover from that.
253	*** Come to think of it, Vala's really just as much of an Action Girl as Sam, what with pulling stunts like taking on the whole of the ''Prometheus'' single-handed and pissing off Goa'uld platoons.
254	* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Tasha Yar for a while (pity she died) and K'Ehleyr as well, both women who easily counted as Action Girls. Tasha was raised in an anarchist colony and spent time running from rape gangs as a girl, and K'Ehleyr took on Worf in the holodeck.
255	* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Jadzia Dax is a dab hand with a bat'leth, and Kira -- well, Kira once beat the shit out of a serial killer while the equivalent of ''[[PregnantBadass nine months pregnant]]''. Kira is also a former Bajoran [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Resistance fighter]], with all the hell-raising and combat capability that implies (as she put it in the pilot episode, "I've been fighting for Bajoran independence since I was old enough to pick up a phaser."). In fact, Kira might just be ''the'' ActionGirl of the Franchise/TrekVerse, at least with regard to the {{canon}} series.
256	* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': Seems the whole point of the "Macrocosm" episode was to show Captain Janeway stripping down to a sweaty tank top and [[PersonAsVerb going]] Creator/SigourneyWeaver on the macrovirus' hiney. [[HalfHumanHybrid Half]]-[[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Klingon]] B'Elanna Torres is handy in a punchup too, and [[MsFanservice Seven of Nine]] is both a good shot and strong enough to [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom knock someone off their feet and a yard down the corridor]].
257	* ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' has series lead Michael Burnham. Although she's more of a ScienceHero (her official discipline is as a xenoanthropolgist) she is also highly trained in Vulcan martial arts and using a variety of weapons, and she more than acquits herself in several brutal action scenes.
258	** Burnham's former commanding officer Captain Phillipa Georgiou also shows herself to be adept at combat when she and Burnham board a Klingon vessel, though [[spoiler:she dies in combat there as well]]. Her [[spoiler:MirrorUniverse counterpart also proves to be an exceptional and ruthless warrior, in addition to being the Terran Emperor]].
259	** There's also Commander Landry, the chief of security aboard the ''Discovery'' (at least until [[spoiler: she's unceremoniously offed by the tardigrade; her MirrorUniverse counterpart picks up the slack though]]).
260	* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'':
261	** Thanks to her Tal Shiar combat training, Laris can hold her own against a group of Zhat Vash assassins in "The End Is the Beginning."
262	** In "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2", when Seven is engaged in an unarmed duel with Narissa, the former proves to be tougher than a belligerent Zhat Vash operative.
263	* ''Series/StrangerThings'':
264	** Eleven a.k.a. El most certainly qualifies, as with her MindOverMatter powers, she brings down many government goons, several Demidogs, the Demigorgan, the possessed Billy Hardgrove, and overpowers the Mind Flayer (an EldritchAbomination). Best of all, at her peak El closed the PortalDoor to the Upside Down with the sheer power of her mind.
265	** Nancy proves to be an excellent shot in Season 1 and drives off the Demigorgan, but it's in Season 3 that she becomes a genuine Action Girl, killing the possessed Bruce Lowe with a fire extinguisher and fending off the Mind Flayer with a shotgun.
266	** {{Downplayed\|Trope}} with Joyce she is undeniably a fierce MamaBear and will smash a wall open with a fire axe in an attempt to save her son Will. In most conflicts, however, she just [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome physically isn't much help]] in a shootout and needs Hopper to do most of the heavy lifting. She does get a ''bit'' better in later seasons in terms of [[CombatPragmatist resourcefulness when she's in a fight]], although the ones who do the actual hand to hand stuff are Hopper and/or Murray.
267	** Terry, El's mother, deserves a mention. When the corrupt scientists at Hawkins Lab took her daughter from her, she decided to bring take her back by force, infiltrating the lab, shooting a guard, and made it to the room where El was kept. However, she was captured and lobotomized for her efforts.
268	** Robin, as well, shows herself to pretty decent and proactive in a fight, fighting alongside Nancy, Steve, and Eddie when [[spoiler:they find themselves attacked by Demobats in the Upside Down]].
269	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Many of the women hunters including mother-daughter team [[ActionMom Ellen]] and Jo Harvelle, [[LittleMissBadass Krissy Chambers]], and [[RetiredBadass young]] [[spoiler:Mary Winchester]]. The demons Ruby (particularly in Season 3; there was some unfortunate BadassDecay in Season 4) and Meg (when she [[HeelFaceTurn starts using her powers for good in later seasons]]) also qualify. Anna was this in theory (as the ex-leader of a garrison of angelic soldiers and current fugitive of Heaven) and did have several badass moments, but didn't get enough scenes to show her fighting prowess before [[spoiler:she got PutOnABus, coming back only to turn on the Winchesters and get killed]].
270	* ''Series/SWAT2017'':
271	** All of the female officers in SWAT, and also the police overall naturally. They are trained professionals after all. However, it's a plot point that Chris especially (as the first female officer in SWAT) has to fight against prejudice and doubts they're capable of the job. She's the sole woman on the team, and Chris is equally competent to her male colleagues. In fact, she's their sniper, so more competent with that.
272	** In "[[Recap/SWATS02E06NeverAgain Never Again]]" the robbers are all highly trained female Israeli military veterans who show their skills throughout the episode, even proving {{worthy opponent}}s of the SWAT team.
273	* ''Series/TeenageBountyHunters2020'': It was this that impressed former cop turned bounty hunter Bowser Jenkins enough to take on the naive rich girl sisters Blair and Sterling Wesley as his proteges. Both girls knew their way around a shotgun and pistol when they took down a skip that evaded Bowser when the trio first met, plus Blair's athletic enough to run down most skips and she's taken some down with her lacrosse stick-handling.
274	* ''Series/TeenWolf'':
275	** Allison Argent fits this trope. She is shown to be a tough girl who was raised to be a badass werewolf hunter.
276	** Kate Argent is also a hunter, so it comes with the job.
277	* ''Series/{{Tehran}}'': Tamar is highly trained in combat, and displays her skills often in the series.
278	* ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'': Creator/SummerGlau as Cameron Phillips. Despite not being an android, Sarah herself qualifies as well.
279	-->'''Derek:''' Remind me again, why are the boys out here and the girls in there?\
280	'''John:''' Because one of the girls is harder than nuclear nails.\
281	'''Derek:''' And the other one's a cyborg.
282	* ''Series/TidelandsNetflix'': Cal is established as a capable fighter early on when she fights off two other inmates who assault her while she's preparing to leave prison (both of the women outweigh her). Later she's also shown capably taking down larger male opponents as well.
283	* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'': Despite seeming like a non-action girl compared to series deuteragonist Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper manages to evolve into a fighting force in her own right as the series goes on. Gwen didn't start out this way, though. Up until the second episode she hasn't even handled a gun. According to her, she doesn't even kill spiders. Jack points out that he doesn't either... with a [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill gun]]. Now she has no problem shooting a helicopter with a bazooka or punching out a trained CIA operative for calling her "[[FelonyMisdemeanor English]]"... and by this point she's an ActionMom.
284	%% ** Toshiko Sato, on the other hand, was definitely a combo of The Chick and TheSmartGuy. '''(needs expanding)'''
285	* ''Series/TwoSentenceHorrorStories'': In "[[Recap/TwoSentenceHorrorStoriesS2E3Instinct Instinct]]" Anika proves herself capable with mace and a hammer she secretly brought to defend herself. It comes in handy when Patrick attempts to murder her, which she [[KillingInSelfDefense stops lethally]].
286	* ''Series/UFO1970'': In "Timelash," a staff member turned traitor freezes the entire Shado HQ in time (he's given time-manipulating powers by the aliens), leaving just Straker and Col. Virginia Lake to fight him and an approaching UFO. In the chase and gunfight scenes that follow, Col. Lake shows herself to be quite as good at running, driving and shooting a sub-machine gun as Straker.
287	%%* ''Series/UltimateForce'': Trooper Becca Gallagher.
288	* The ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' doesn't have many Ultraman examples, with the only known ones be Yulian from ''Series/UltramanEighty'' and Ultrawoman Beth from ''Anime/UltramanTheAdventureBegins''. Human examples, on the other hand, are more plentiful later on in the franchise's history.
289	** Rena Yanase from ''Series/UltramanTiga'' is the first example in the franchise, being the best pilot in GUTS and leaving the MissionControl to [[TeenGenius Jun Yazumi]] instead. She's succeeded by Ryo Yumimura of Super GUTS in ''Series/UltramanDyna'', who is eventually promoted to team captain in the DistantFinale shown in ''Film/UltramanSaga''.
290	** ''Series/UltramanGaia'' wasn't content with having only one example, but gives us Team Crow, a ''PowerTrio'' of Action Girls who fly alongside the all-male crews of Team Lightning and Team Falcon against any {{Kaiju}} [[MonsterOfTheWeek of the Week]] the show throws at them.
291	** Mizuki Shinobu in ''Series/UltramanCosmos'' is the NumberTwo to Captain Harumitsu Hiura, so while Hiura usually stays in base to just give commands, Shinobu leads the rest of the team on the field or in the planes.
292	** ''Series/UltramanNexus'': Nagi Saijyo and Shiori Hiraki, who are also the only girls on the Night Raiders, although Shiori is a lot more cheery than Nagi.
293	** Mizuki Koishikawa of ''Series/UltramanMax'', who is usually paired up with protagonist Kaito Touma in any operation.
294	** Marina Kazama of ''Series/UltramanMebius''. Her [[SuperSenses superhuman hearing]] and experience as a motorcycle racer make her GUYS' AcePilot, in contrast to the team's timid [[BridgeBunnies Bridge Bunny]] Konomi Amagai.
295	** Arisa Sugita of ''Series/UltramanGinga S'' may be the only female member of UGM, but that doesn't stop her from being able to fight the bad guys in hand-to-hand combat or even get some mean enough shots to tick off a rampaging kaiju.
296	** Asuna Yamase from ''Series/UltramanX''. She's even managed to command [[TheHero Daichi]]'s Gomora companion against other giant monsters.
297	** Toba Laiha in ''Series/UltramanGeed'', a twenty-first century {{ronin}} who uses her sword and martial arts skills against evil aliens.
298	** Yuna Shizuma and Himari Nanase from ''Series/UltramanTriggerNewGenerationTiga'' are both also very action-oriented, though while Yuna is a field agent who fights kaiju with handguns, Nanase employs a remotely controlled jet, the GUTS Falcon, to fight with.
299	* ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019'' has a good number of these starting with Alyson who has a CompellingVoice and martial arts skill. On the villain side there’s Cha-Cha and The Handler who are professional killers. [[spoiler: Vanya becomes this when she (re)discovers her extremely [[MakeSomeNoise powerful ability]] and causes the apocalypse before history is changed.]] Season 2 has Lila who’s an extremely skilled hand to hand fighter to Diego’s surprise. [[spoiler: It turns out Lila has been trained and raised by The Handler and the FinalBattle reveals she’s got [[PowerCopying super powers]] too.]]
300	* ''Series/UnnaturalHistory'': Maggie, first shown by her EstablishingCharacterMoment in "Thor's Slammer".
301	* ''Series/UtopiaUS'': Jessica is very skilled in unharmed combat and using a gun.
302	* ''Series/VagrantQueen'': Elida is proficient with weapons, ships, and one-liners alike. She's also a competent leader, even when attempting to resist that role.
303	* ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'': Bonnie, Caroline and now Elena qualify. As well as Katherine. Basically all of the female characters in the series.
304	* ''Series/{{Victorious}}'': Trina seems to fit this role, being one of the strongest in the group and is seen practicing martial arts in one episode. This ends up being a ChekhovsSkill.
305	* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' has rookie Texas Ranger Sydney Cooke. Though appearing in the final two seasons of the series along with fellow rookie ranger Francis Gage, Sydney is the only female ranger of the main cast.
306	%%* ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'': Maggie, Andrea, and Michonne. Carol didn't start out as one, but would certainly qualify now.
307	* ''Series/WarriorNun'' has plenty of these, which makes sense considering that it's all about [[ChurchMilitant nuns being trained to fight demons]]. Beatrice is probably the best example, as she's clearly the most skilled of all the sister-warriors; in one episode, she's facing off about a half dozen security guards armed with guns, and takes them all out in less than a minute armed with just a baton. Ironically, main protagonist Ava is the only one who ''doesn't'' automatically qualify, as she's the AudienceSurrogate and has to learn all about the nuns as she's inducted into them, and has to start their combat training from the beginning; even with the power of the angelic Halo implanted in her body, she's still no match for the others. By the end of the first season, though, she's more than capable of handling herself in a fight.
308	* ''Series/TheWheelOfTime2021'':
309	** The Red Ajah in the pilot fits the trope, destroying a mountain passage just to stop a man that can channel.
310	** Moiraine channels the One Power while fighting Trollocs and kills many when they attack Emond's Field.
311	** Nynaeve and Egwene fight back against the Trollocs somewhat too here, unlike in the books, as does Perrin's wife Laila.
312	** The Green Ajah are trained as warriors.
313	** Dana, a female bartender, fights Mat and Rand skillfully in "A Place Of Safety" after it's revealed she's a [[spoiler:Darkfriend]].
314	** Aviendha, an Aiel warrior woman, is extremely skilled even bare-handed, taking down about ten larger armed Whitecloaks on her own when she faces them alongside Perrin. It's stated even more were required to overpower and disarm her before.
315	* ''Series/WildCards2024'': Cole's ex-girflriend Rachel in "The Accountant of Monte Cristo" is a federal agent and very skilled with a gun, taking on several hitmen alongside him.
316	* ''Series/TheWilds'': All of the girls to some degree by the end of the season learn how to fight for survival out of necessity due to being stuck on the island.
317	* ''The Witcher'': [[Series/TheHexer Both]] [[Series/TheWitcher2019 versions]] have their fair share of those. Some are carried over from the source material, while others are uplifted to this status.
318	** Renfri proves to be a MasterSwordsman, being one of few characters to ever give Geralt any trouble in combat (his scruples to kill her non-withstanding). In ''Hexer'' she follows with the short story routine, adding to the mix [[FemmeFatale sex-appeal and hidden blades]]. In ''Witcher'', she's simply ''really'' good with sword and dodging.
319	** The two Zerrikanians working as bodyguards for Borch in ''The Hexer'' kick some serious ass, to the point where Borch really doesn't need to carry any weapon to feel safe. More importantly, they do it [[BloodKnight mostly for the heck of it]] and actively embrace any situation that gives them an excuse to split someone open. They also completely avert WaifFu and SheFu, being a pair of muscled {{tomboy}}s.
320	** Yennefer inexplicably gets this treatment in ''The Witcher'', significantly amping up her brawl, rather than just relying on magic. By Episode 4, "Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials", Yennefer has become this, and even gets some AdaptationalBadass from the book for good measure. Along her powerful magic which helps her kill an assassin's Krallach (cockroach hound) and by Episode 6, "Rare Species", she's [[BattleCouple fighting alongside]] Geralt with a knife. In the finale "Much More", [[spoiler:Yennefer unleashes some epic PlayingWithFire powers, decimating a large portion of the Nilfgaardian army]].
321	** Queen Calanthe gets some AdaptationalBadass in ''The Witcher'', being a Warrior Queen and BloodKnight. She [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething personally fights alongside her troops]] against the Nilfgaard army with a sword and even has a BladeLock with Geralt.
322	** Besides Yennefer some other sorceresses qualify, including: Triss, Sabrina, Vanielle, Coral and their BadassTeacher Tissaia. They all put up a good fight against the Nilfgaardian troops with their magic.
323	* ''Series/WorldOnFire'':
324	** Kasia slowly becomes this as a resistance fighter, learning how to use guns and also killing several German soldiers personally.
325	** In Season 2 Lois has become an ambulance driver during the Blitz, very dangerous work that gets her wounded during a bombing by the Germans.
326	%%* Yves Adele Harlow from ''Series/TheXFiles'' also qualifies as an action girl. But Jimmy Bond is a [[NonActionGuy Non-Action Guy]].
327	* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'': Xena herself is arguably one of the most iconically badass women in fiction. Her sidekick, Gabrielle, also became one in later seasons. If you see her in the costume displaying abs o' steel and she has short hair, she's kicking ass.
328	* ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'': Natalie is likely the most action-oriented of the girls. She's not only stood up to her abusive father using a gun, but then hunts with Travis in the wilderness to provide for everyone.

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